The translation management database helps me to manage my translation projects, create statistics on my productivity and drive invoicing. See here for more information on the design of the translation database. I record the time spent working on translation projects, the...
The next creation is a follow-on from the management video with things I like in Todoist. Sections in Todoist Sections are a good thing. They are like the sections in Ayoa which are circles and subsets in the canvas. But now...
I finally got all my KPI onto one visual management board in Access. This is the completion of an old project where I had KPI all over the place in Excel and in Access, with a very complicated production mechanism between...
The link mindmaps and tasks in Ayoa enables you both to break down a subject into next actions or to build up a mind map from Evernotes. One of the interesting functions that I discovered, as part of my Evaluation of...
I think that the most important concept in GTD is next action. It is also the easiest, simplest of ideas to implement. If I want to achieve something what is the next thing, the next action? Not all the actions. Not...
To find purpose and direction in your life and your business is to know where you’re going. Managing is about knowing your intended destination. However, you may wonder whether you are heading in the hoped-for direction. To understand whether you are...
Use the Trello Kanban to implement the Eisenhower method and distinguish important and urgent tasks from non-important and non-urgent tasks. This classic Eisenhower diagram helps to sort important and urgent tasks from the less important less urgent ones. The grid is...
There are many project management methods available but the most important tool in your arsenal is the trusted system. I’ve looked at and used many different types of software starting with Toodledo, then Todoist, Droptask and now Trello, which is clearly...
Getting Things Done GTD is a fantastic framework for managing a business written and developed by David Allen. I use it selectively. I retain the bits that are of practical use to me, the parts that can be integrated into my...
The management process is a combination of using the right tools, within a process. It requires analysing new ideas, structuring action using an organised method. Tools in the Management Process I have a list of business management tools that I use...
Trello has many features including checklists, links, a description section and comments. Trello Plus reporting makes Trello into a powerful management system. It uses kanban which is simple and visual (drag and drop, ability to play, no nested tasks) links (to...
The do measure analyse cycle helps to get things done by helping to stand back from your actions and analyse performance based on quantitative measures. See three essentials of Getting Things Done You are noting things in your task planner, and...
Its easy to have ideas. The challenge is to transform ideas into real action. What [todo] systems can help transform ideas into action. This post originally touted Ayoa as the tool to transform ideas into action....
Kanban is simple and provides a clear arrangement which is used in several management tools including Odoo, Trello, Kanbanote and Droptas From a visual point of view, kanban is reassuring since everything is visible. From a psychological point of view, this...
Kepner Tregoe Decision Analysis as developed by is a method to evaluate and score available options in an objective manner. The appropriate decision is then the one with the highest score. Clarify the Purpose State the decision What decision do we need to...
The Eisenhower matrix helps reduce the stress of decision-making by placing tasks in a grid arranged by importance and urgency. I find it more appropriate to talk about managing priorities that managing time and the Eisenhower matrix helps to determine tasks,...
